Okay, thanks. Any opinions on how to set up a multi-tiered system?
I'm looking at a 3 tiered system on ebay right now with a hot liquor tank in the first position, the mash tun in the middle, and the boil pot in the last and lowest spot in the chain. They are staggered in height so they gravity feed into each other without a pump. From what I'm seeing and reading it looks like I mash in the middle tier and then open a valve and gravity feed the wort into the boil pot. Then open the valve between the hot liquor tank and mash tun and sparge the grains into the boil pot. Is this how it works?
here's the setup I'm looking at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300328670200
Do the igloos work okay for this? I've had a lot of issues trying regulate temperature on the kitchen stove doing partial grain batches. Will an igloo mash tun like this hold the temp for an hour? How long do they last before you need to replace them?